Medill High School - Medillite Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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ig g ' few! Wiugfiwfiiyigia 5 -71.1 ,. ,il -- T y X1 1- ffs ,, Wll ln !' f E- f' 1 ' ll , -. ..,,.,....i ......,.I-mnurliunirmiwmfk n'EQnggt,4q:gg:-ss..,.-.,f1UlllZk3 mmm, . . -. 1---+1- -4-1.1-,,.: ,wmv ..i...--1 .. -ll ,qi ,i-Q1--Q-1 -'X -- Agia A ff - Am T HISTORY OF THE FEBRUARY CLASS On a bleak morning of February 1923, a band of youthful pioneers marched into Fort Dearborn. They had left the colonies in which they had stayed for eight years, and had come, their main purpose being to receive an education, to Fort Dearborn. Coming to the Fort with slight forbodings as to their reception by the other colonists, they were indeed happy to find the colonists welcoming them warmly. Greater dangers than these awaited them. The Indian chiefs Algebra, Physiology, and English Grammar. Every day their progress in battles with the Indians was marked down. This record of their doings was kept for a definite purpose. Every fifth Monday was called Marking day. When it came, the merry pioneers were surprised to find that their teacher knew everything they had done, and also everything which they had not done. Those who had been conscientous, and had prepared for the wars faithfully and well, were awarded with high marks. Those who had been careless in their preparations and had not fought well when the time for battle had come were given low marks. The discovery of this record reformed many of the pioneers. Always keeping up their courage they succeeded in conouering all their mighty foes. They they were given more such as Geometry and Botany, who were even more fierce and strong. During the first year they were often reminded of their childhood by such events as Pigtail Day. How well they remembered the time when the girls wore large bows of ribbon on their hair, and the boys wore sissy bows on their collars. That day they forget their troubles and lost themselves in memories of those happy-go-lucky times. Soon the pioneers became used to the battles and the preparations for them. Then they joined into the activities of Fort Dearborn. They had settled down and could laugh at the troubles of new pioneers who were pouring into the Fort. Athletics were becoming favored by them, The boys and girls made up suc- cessful teams. Some of the boys were on the soccer and basketball teams which defeated many of the surrounding teams. After staying in Fort Dearborn for four years they found that it was time they became pioneers once more. They were now the oldest settlers. All those who they had found upon their arrival had gone, and now they were ready to follow. WVith regret they left those who had been their guides during the past years and went out to seek new dangers without their advisers. They left the conquer- ing of the Indian chiefs to the newly arrived pioneers. ' ESTELLE MALLACH Page 30 In T ', gy f . , - .,mlk7ll w fslilmlll A 14. ..tt2fm...1n. S - . N A . ' - - -j ',- ,5-i ,f Y .i- ' ...- ..- ,..... 1 .f .--1 - 5-

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